Wow, I can form an NPC in a survival game

Hearing this, a strange light flashed in the monkey monster's eyes: "As long as it is in this instance and meets the 'cause and effect' requirement, I have everything here. The price is fair and I will not cheat anyone."

As it spoke, it took out an orange-yellow crystal that Yu Anle was familiar with: "In this copy, you can collect this kind of crystal to pay me."

So this is the use of the monster crystal, Yu Anle suddenly realized.

She took out three orange-yellow crystals from the props column: "Are these the ones?"

A greedy look flashed in the monkey monster's eyes: "That's right, one crystal can be used to ask a question. If you need anything, you can tell me. As long as I have it, I can give you a quote."

Yu Anle lowered her eyes. She felt that she could not waste this advantage of knowing how to be a “businessman”.

The "Merchant" NPC was sent back to the second floor by Mo Yuan from the teleportation point on the fourth and fifth floors at a huge cost. It must know many key clues and information that other players don't know.

This nine-layer dungeon world has its own cause-and-effect system, which is independent of other dungeons. This can be seen from the fact that it can block players from using skills and items.

If you just use crystals to exchange for items in the hands of the "merchant", it seems that it is not worth the loss. After all, in this copy, it seems that as long as there are enough other players, you can get a steady stream of items.

Instead, the dungeon mechanism itself seems more mysterious and important. Only by being able to access the dungeon's "cause and effect" earlier than other players can one be invincible.

As she thought about it, she took out an orange-yellow crystal and asked the monkey monster the first question: "In this instance of cause and effect, how many 'merchants' are there besides you?"

The monkey monster rolled his eyes and quickly took the crystal from Yu Anle's hand. He said reluctantly, "Although I don't want to admit it, after receiving your price, I must answer: There are a total of 9 merchants in the 'world', in addition to me, there are 8 more."

Nine merchants... There are nine levels in this instance. Are there any connections between them? Is it possible that each "world" corresponds to a merchant?

Yu Anle noted this clue and mixed the second doubt into the second question: "The 'merchant' ignored the rules of the teleportation point and teleported from the fourth floor to the second floor. Can you help the players achieve this?"

The monkey monster can teleport from the fourth floor back to the second floor. If it answers its own question, it means that all "merchants" have the ability to teleport between different levels.

This seems to be contrary to the causal relationship of closing the lower levels of the copy and requiring players to go to the next level within the specified time limit.

If the monkey monster answered "yes", then the copy setting 1 seemed to have a logical paradox. All the paradoxes may be the real key to decrypting the copy.

The monkey monster stared greedily at the two remaining crystals in Yu Anle's hand, seemingly unaware of her little trick: "Yes, we have special teleportation scrolls that allow us to travel to any level except the third level without the help of the teleportation array of the 'world'. But if we want to bring players along, the price will be a little high."

Yu Anle noted the peculiarity of the third layer, gave it another crystal, and continued to persuade it: "If I want you to take me to the first layer of the 'world', how many crystals do I need to pay?"

The monkey monster had no suspicion at all: "Every extra level you teleport to requires a purple crystal. So now you need to pay me one purple crystal to go from the second floor to the first floor." After saying that, he happily took the third crystal from Yu Anle's hand.

It likes this female player because she is quick to pay and unlike the boy before, she seems to have a hundred tricks up her sleeve.

At the same time, Yu Anle understood.

Sure enough, the role of "merchant" can go against the requirements of setting one and return to a lower level! Could this be the real clue that Mo Yuan wanted to tell her?

Seeing that Yu Anle did not ask any more questions, the monkey monster could not control its greedy expression and asked, "Since I cannot enter the third floor, if you have the purple crystal, I can take you directly to the fourth floor..."

Yu Anle took a look at the item bar and saw the purple crystal he obtained by killing the BOSS guarding the first level.

This was the first time that the monkey monster had explicitly and actively induced her to do something. It seemed that the purple crystal was more tempting to "merchants".

This is another hidden clue in the "Merchant" character.

She pretended that she hadn't heard the monkey monster's message and changed the subject: "I don't have any crystals at the moment. If I get crystals again and want to trade with you, how can I contact you? You can choose not to answer me. Maybe I will find another merchant then."

The monkey monster looked at her as if he was looking at a rich man, and took the initiative to answer this freeloader's question: "You can take out a crystal and call my name [Toto]. If I am free to come by then, this crystal will be the fee for summoning me."

Then it bowed and said goodbye to Yu Anle in a strange posture, and disappeared on the spot with a puff.

There were still 3 minutes left in the countdown for the closing of the second-level teleportation array. Yu Anle saw that dozens of players in the distance had already dealt with the BOSS guarding the gate and were preparing to teleport away.

Perhaps when they disperse and teleport, leaving only two or three players alone, that would be her chance to take advantage of the chaos and pass through the portal.

Yu Anle calmed down and watched their numbers decrease one by one and disappear into the teleportation array. He had not yet stopped thinking about the mechanism of the "Merchant" copy:

The clues that she is ahead of other players now are as follows:

1. Paying purple crystals to the "merchant" can allow players to teleport back to a lower level world. This setting seems to violate the copy setting one, but the actual setting one only mentions that if the player does not go to the next level in time, he will be wiped out, but there is no mention that the level will disappear.

This means that players only need to complete the [Go to the next level] operation once within the specified time, and it does not mean that the world level is a one-way channel.

2. "Merchants" are different from dungeon monsters and will not actively attack players. They may be set certain conditions by the dungeon cause and effect, and cannot actively kill ghosts to obtain crystals, so they need to obtain them through transactions with players.

This clue should be related to the third floor that they cannot enter.

3. There is an unspeakable "it" in this copy. Mo Yuan should have triggered 60% of the attention. This may be related to the progress of the copy, which has already advanced to the fifth level.

If she wanted to be safe, she could just not set the card's ability, just stay alive, and then slowly advance the dungeon. But the question remained, was this really what she wanted?